Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Review always stood outside that lay literary world , or at least emphasized its academic distinction from it , and is in fact better seen as an enterprise typical of a new phase of academic English described by Gross in the following extract : |
| 2 | The meeting was widely seen as an opportunity for both sides to stress the importance of the US-Japanese partnership , which had been under strain following the Gulf war . |
| 3 | This has been widely seen as an area where employment can be created and economic vitality encouraged . |
| 4 | The move followed the failure of " Operation Footloose " , an Army offensive launched in January 1990 , and was widely seen as an acceptance by the government that the escalating conflict could not be resolved by military means . |
| 5 | Both these stories were widely seen as an attempt to ‘ shoe-in ’ Gordon Brown rather than Smith in the event of a leadership vacancy , although Brown , it must be said , had no part in them . |
| 6 | In fact , the action was widely seen as an attempt by George Bush 's close pal , President Turgut Ozal , to prove himself more militantly anti-Kurd than his chief rival , Suleyman Demirel , in the run-up to the October 20th general election . |
| 7 | The move was also widely seen as an attempt to create an independent political organization with which Aquino could — notwithstanding her previous pledges to the contrary — contest the 1992 presidential election . |
| 8 | Subsequently , Matiba 's wife and daughter were attacked on June 14 at their home in what was widely seen as an attempt to intimidate |
| 9 | The reshuffle was widely seen as an attempt to deflect allegations of corruption . |
| 10 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to give its efforts to improve relations with other countries greater domestic and international credibility , the Albanian government hosted a visit to Tirana by the Secretary-General of the United Nations , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , on May 11-13 , when held talks with Alia and other senior officials and also visited other parts of the country . |
| 11 | The decision was widely seen as an attempt to support the Sri Lankan government in its war against Tamil guerrillas , and was announced as Foreign Minister Shukla completed a three-day visit to Sri Lanka . |
| 12 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to draw Israel into the conflict , Iraq had launched a number of missile attacks on Tel Aviv and Haifa [ see pp. 37936-37 ; 37984 ] . |
| 13 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to exact vengeance on Clinton , Nichols had issued a federal lawsuit which claimed that the Governor had had extra-marital affairs with at least five women , and that he had misused official funds in entertaining them . |
| 14 | The leadership change was widely seen as an attempt to rejuvenate the party , whose fortunes had been at their lowest since it first came to power in 1981 . |
| 15 | The Sejm had passed a resolution on May 28 calling for the exposure by June 20 of former security service agents in positions of authority , but its early implementation was widely seen as an attempt by the government to retain power . |
| 16 | His announcement was widely seen as an attempt to boost his flagging popularity , to demonstrate French commitment to European integration in the wake of the Danish referendum setback for the Maastricht Treaty , and to expose divisions over Europe within the opposition Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République ( RPR ) and the centrist Union pour la démocratie française ( UDF ) . |
| 17 | Public outcry over what was widely seen as an attempt to intervene in the judicial process , however , caused the party to withdraw this threat almost immediately . |
| 18 | Despite these criticisms , the new programme is widely seen as an advance on the Karnataka Social Forestry Project , inaugurated in 1983 with World Bank funding , which led to the expropriation of common land for eucalyptus plantations , and clashes between vilagers and foresters . |
| 19 | Booth-capturing is no longer seen as an outrage and has become a normal part of electoral strategy , particularly in lawless Bihar . |
| 20 | It was a contentious issue and was generally seen as an attempt by the party 's left wing to try to remove some Labour members of whom they disapproved . |
| 21 | What is forgotten is the limitations of coverage of both these works , as can be easily seen by an item by item comparison of sections of the two books . |
| 22 | Kaunda had already made known his strong preference for retaining the one-party system ; his action was thus seen as an attempt to appease critics of his regime , particularly among the trade union and business communities . |
| 23 | Decentralisation is thus seen as an alternative to the bureaucratic practices that we investigated in the previous chapter . |
| 24 | The state is still seen as an instrument which can and must be captured by the working class . |
| 25 | Mannerism is usually seen as an RCA development ; but once again we find that it was already developing during the Sun period , notably in ‘ Baby Let's Play House ’ ( 1955 ) . |
| 26 | What 's the weirdest thing you 've ever seen in an audience when you 've been onstage ? |
| 27 | The Public Utilities Holding Companies Act was also seen as an attack on big business ; this gave powers to the Securities Exchange Commission to dissolve the giant holding companies that between them controlled over 90% of the nation 's electric power output . |
| 28 | Landlessness was also seen as an element of poverty and encouraged large families so that children could earn and remit wages . |
| 29 | The move was also seen as an attempt by the government to gain control over the National Bank , which under the new law would enjoy considerable nominal independence . |
| 30 | The recovery programme was also seen as an attempt by Keating to heal divisions in the ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) after his 1991 leadership battle with former Prime Minister Bob Hawke [ for Keating 's replacement of Hawke see p. 38675 ] . |